Reuters has reported attacks on police stations in Iran. Attacks like that occurred in Syria at the outset of that war. They suggest organized rebellious elements or instigators with a planned road map to cause the governing system to fall. Such attacks are not the usual instruments of peaceful protests. They cause the police to use greater force in defense. That makes the state’s forces look repressive, which helps to spiral resistance and chaos upwards, the goal being to create a revolutionary environment. In the Syrian case, suicide bombers also entered the fray, killing police and civilians, even though the … Continue reading Attacking Police in Iran